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It's actually you that's looking the fool, and sadly, you'll never understand why. There are things in life that make a person a human. The way they treat others is the most important one. When you study psychology, as many do, you get to understand why people do what they do. It's from ingrained habits taught from childhood. An example would be a man who cheats on or abuse his wife or girlfriend. Usually he saw this in his own father while he was young. If he didn't have a father, that means his role model could have been peers who did the same things, which he thought was normal. People become dictators because they were either abused, neglected or both in childhood, and violence and control is all they know, so they use this inbred narcissism against everyone else they come across, as it's a way to vent their anger from their childhood onto others. A way of revenge, although it isn't used on the original perpetrator but innocents, which is wrong. But they don't know any better, because their mindset is of a toddler who needs to get their own way, to control, because all they know was control . Others become politicians, because power is the big controller. When they get their way, they strengthen that feeling of superiority, although they are actually little boys with a low self esteem. I don't judge others. They show what they really are by their actions. No one is any better than anyone else in this world, no matter how much they have, own or how much power they have. Some are just better persons than others, shown by their actions and ability to help others. Assuming never works. It only shows close mindedness. There's a huge difference between defending yourself or others, and putting people down just because it makes you feel better about yourself.

You, like others, assume you know the full story or anything about anyone on earth, without truly knowing them. That's a problem. Sarcasm is fine unless it's there to think you're somehow superior to others. Everyone can laugh at themselves at times, and along with others, but some use sarcasm to hurt others, and think they're better because someone makes a mistake, which all humans do. Using emojis also is a way of belittling in a subtle way. Joking around is necessary. Doing things to think you're superior to them isn't. When you reach perfection, then you can downgrade others, but if that ever happened, which it won't, a person with intelligence doesn't need to hurt others but to help with his superior knowledge. And don't tell me to lighten up, because I've heard this kind of sarcasm all my life, and it is usually only there to hurt. You've shown ignorance a number of times, yet I won't call you stupid, because only know you from here. A person can do some dumb things and still be smart. You can't tell unless you know them a long time.

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It happens anywhere the dog isn't properly trained with love and respect. here, after puppies and kittens grow into cats and dogs, they're largely forgotten and looked at as pests, by the same people who think they're cute when young. A pet is supposed to be for life, not until inconvenient.

If I pay in advance I ask them to leave the package at my door on the table. I'm in the country so there isn't much chance that someone will see the package and steal it. My fruit, yes, but not packages on the table. You said they left it on the fence so I'm thinking you have a wall with a gate and they can't get inside so in this case you're right, they shouldn't leave any packages. If there's a place they can leave them, such as a 55 gallon garbage can, in the back, that's a good idea, if they'll fit. One driver that comes here seems to always say he's called and when I look at the history on Flash's site, it said he called and I changed the receive date, which I didn't. When I see this, I call him back and he never answers. This is while I'm waiting at home for it to arrive. Laziness and not wanting to come to my house, which is usually at the end of their shifts. The other drivers all call, and usually answer when I ring them back. I'll email Flash and tell them I was home. When I'm home, some will ask for a signature but most won't. I'm the only foreigner in our village and they all know me,and trust when I get a package there won't be any problems. The same with Kerry, who I've never had a problem with. Always best to talk with them nice, because you don't want an attitude from a driver who's bringing you things. If you can arrange to have them leave the packages in a safe place, inform the company so their drivers will have notice. They can take a picture of the package at the place they left it for their own peace of mind.

Other excerpts from a link which shows both sides, the people at fault and the government that doesn't care.............."The public generally has not exerted pressure on politicians to take action. Public discourses about road safety have been depoliticised, often attributing blame to the victim or Thai culture rather than addressing government inaction. Moreover, punishing drivers for traffic violations is politically unpopular. The public often attributes accidents to the victims having “bad luck” (7) and so “easily accept what happens” (15). This notion largely stems from the widespread Buddhist notion of karma: “if something bad happens to a person it is because of his poor karma"....................Equally the public dislike restrictions on their being able to drive freely, such as reduced speed limits or any increased frequency and rate of fines. Drivers “still think it is okay to drive recklessly and not follow rules”.............The Transport Minister's decision to increase speed limits in 2021 was therefore met with widespread popular support (7). In contrast, when, in 2018, DLT proposed to increase the fines for drivers caught driving without a licence or with a suspended or expired licence, the proposal met widespread public backlash and, not wanting to lose popularity, the Prime Minister himself, Prayuth Chan-ocha, vetoed it (12, The Nation, 2018). Politicians have also pushed the police to hand out fewer fines, fearing that if the police did so, their popularity would wane and they would “lose votes” in the next election (3) since the public is “not happy about strong law enforcement” (15) Politicians “were afraid of people's complaints,” including over policies that would impinge on them yet improve road safety, so prefer not to burden the public by increasing fines (12)..............This puts the problems on both sides, with the people needing to push the government to do more, as it's them who are dying every day. Their attitudes need to change, which means they have to care more about themselves and others, to force those in power to do something. It's in their hands first.

Farang do understand traffic here. You're assuming again. The same rules apply here that do in other countries. The only thing that is different is driving on the right side of the road, which Americans, continental European, Japanese, Africans and other countries. This is something a visitor has to adjust to but seems to do very easily. If you're a good driver, you adapt quickly. Yes, there are again, bad drivers that come here, tourists, that think they can do whatever they want, but they probably do it to some degree back home, albeit a smaller degree because back home they know they will get tickets for bad driving. Every country, again, has bad roads, weather and much the same laws on driving safety. Here they don't have ice or snow, so it's easier than up in northern areas. Thailand has had laws and much the same things you posted about for many decades, yet the accidents and deaths don't reduce. Again, this is because of the attitudes of the people here. Lack of law enforcement allows them to continue with less fines than in western countries, which can reduce accidents, but people who are ticketed still have their ingrained attitudes. By and large, westerners are much better drivers than locals here. Sorry you don't see that, but everyone else seems to, as per the replies on this and many, many other topics here. People aren't failing to recognize this, but you are. The main reason westerners get into accidents isn't about skill, training or speed. It's texting while driving, and that's something that needs to be dealt with harder. What you listed are reasons accidents happen here, and I agreed with them, but the cultural attitudes towards everything, including driving, is what gets them started out wrong................... Cultural factors play a part in the limited education and training, and the lack of test success. Some suggested that barriers exist to creating a road safety culture, that Thais seek to oppose any laws, particularly the enforcement of drunk driving laws, and “live to have fun” (sanuk) (6, 8). As a result of limited education and fear of being punished, there were “norms” of “reckless driving,” “not obeying the laws,” and driving at high speeds (22). Speed limit signs often “mean nothing,” with some cars driving between 50 and 80 km/h in school zones or through zebra pedestrian crossings (Karnjanatawe, 2021, n.p.). Ultimately some culpability must be attached to inadequate education, training and monitoring schemes...................The government favors the rich when it comes to drivers here, and it shows with who makes up the majority of victims. This also shows in other ways, with how they care for children being a main concern.

You actually said it to me recently, and to others in the past. And you, again, are another one here who assumes things about others, consistently, which is a very childish way of thinking. Many others go off topic here, daily, and it's not unusual because people have their own personal way of looking at things, which might not correspond with others. Also, I'm way more advanced in my thinking, especially where the psychological aspect is concerned, so it wasn't a cave I crawled out of but an easy chair reading books.

Wrong again, so you're consistent.......... Key points about observation as a data source: Direct observation: This involves actively watching and recording what happens in a given situation, like observing customer interactions in a store. .... Qualitative research: Observation is often used in qualitative research where researchers aim to understand the nuances and context of a phenomenon rather than just numerical data. ....... Participant observation: Researchers actively participate in the situation they are observing to gain deeper insights....... Non-participant observation: Researchers observe without actively interacting with the subjects.

True, but many people live in fear of death if they speak up. Taking a tyrant or psychopathic dictator out asap is the best route, as the longer he stays in power, the more backers he'll get. Trump can work with these loons and attain peace if he gives them something in return. Peace is worth whatever you can do, as it saves lives, and the only other recourse is assassination.

It's never necessary to go on any "diet" because all have their downsides. Having a healthy lifestyle is easy if you just eat a variety of food. If you need to lose weight fast, which isn't recommended anyway, you can use the keto because you will be starving your body from it's easily accessed source of energy, sugars. That will help you burn stored fat and is okay to use for a period. It is never smart to totally give up carbs because they ensure a healthy gastro system. Low carb, high protein, moderate to low fat is okay. The slower you lose weight, the more likely you are to keep it off, as you're adopting a new lifestyle and not relying on fast results that might have you return to old eating habits once you've lost the weight you want. If you don't need to lose weight and just want to eat healthy,more carbs in the way of fruits, grains, veggies and root vegetables like potatoes, sweet potatoes of a few varieties and the squash family are good choices. Just watch what you put on them. Too much butter, margarine or oils isn't healthy, as is too much salad dressings on your salads. Fatty fish is healthy, like salmon, sardines, trout, tuna or herring. Eggs are a good source or protein. Just eat more whites than yolks, especially if your cholesterol is high. Meat should be lean as possible if you want to lose weight and keep your heart healthy, as too much fat isn't good either. Nuts in small quantities are good, as is peanut butter, as long as you get the ones without added sugar and oil. Bread, whole grain, is okay in small amounts. I've eaten it daily, along with pasta, oatmeal, root vegetables, squashes, whole grain cereals, and a variety of rice for over 50 years and have stayed lean. Everything I've mentioned helps with brain health also.You never have to go radical while eating. Everyone can stray from their "diets", meaning a good healthy lifestyle, as long as it's only occasionally. Many will favor a certain diet, saying it's best, but no diet works forever if you want to stay healthy and lean. You can find many opinions on many diets online but eating healthy is a lot easier than trying to follow a diet that could hurt you in the long run.

Maybe he wanted the scenic route.

That's your quote for anyone who does anything that you consider off, even though it usually is you. It's also a teen aged style of answering. I would recommend you seeing a specialist, but there aren't any medications that help with impulse control disorder. That's usually something a person has to work on themselves, although I'm thinking it wouldn't in this case.

Doesn't take too many times in a lake or pond to teach children to respect and not fear water, so they don't panic, which causes most drownings. Children here are left with grandma's more than any other country, which means less supervision than a parent would offer. Usually left with grandma, meaning an older grandma that has less ability to care for young ones, means many things might happen which wouldn't with parents, like staying out too late, driving scooters too young, going swimming unattended, drinking or smoking, etc.

Every time I bring a cat to my house it is killed, either by dogs or disturbed locals who poison them. You and I both love animals, so we aren't going to hurt another even though the dogs killed our cats, because it isn't in us, even though I'm a hunter. Domestic animals can go wild when people let them loose after they are kittens and puppies, and they have to fend for themselves and eat. An animal that is raised around other animals of different species usually will not hurt them, as they only know love and play, especially if it comes from their owners. In this country, Little is done on a grand scale, meaning spay and neuter, which should be funded by the government but usually comes from donations, and with the amount of animals born ere, it's hard for them to keep up if not impossible. In a developing country, many things are adopted. To make money, provide entertainment and to help others.and then that provide entertainment. Some things have priority over others. Look at how children are cared for, with students riding on the tops of buses, to how they are taught in most schools, to how they are left with grandparents to be raised, to how they are allowed to drive scooters starting at age 8. The level of care here pales by comparison to the west. It will eventually get better when old school thinking is driven out and things are adopted that help others instead of scamming them for profit. This means enforcement of laws and extreme punishment for those who intentionally hurt others and use them for profit, such as human trafficking. The only thing you can do here to protect your pets is keep them inside, and allowing them to go out only to do their business and play with you monitoring it, then bringing them back inside. Roaming dogs will continue here for decades to come, as well as the deaths daily on roads.

The Dick Van Dyke Show, which was pretty funny and ran for 5 seasons, along with movies like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Night At The Museum, Mary Poppins and many more moves and series.

It does work, and especially if you're poor, but to a point. People get tickets and still drive like hell because that's their nature. When you have a population where absent dads are the norm, kids don't get the structure and teaching that happens when dads are around, at least the dads that care about their children's welfare. Generation after generation of children growing up with little guidance has them going into the world totally unprepared for what happens next.

This is what I mean about the attitudes here. This has been going on for decades and the accidents and deaths only stay the same. Every country has road problems, but some countries make the top of the list every year and there are reasons for this that data doesn't take into account. It's the drivers who don't care. Life itself isn't precious here as it is in the west and that attitude alone is why people go out into the world without caring. If I'm going to die, there is nothing I can do to prevent it. yes, but if you want to live, you take precautions and part of them is driving with awareness and care for yourself and others.

He seems to think we think all Thais are bad drivers and not that it's just more than any other place we've driven. He has his own agenda why he calls us racist and sticks up for a population that has more selfish, arrogant and incompetent drivers than most other countries, and the stats show this, but he blames the police, the infrastructure, bad roads and whatever else and not the ones responsible for the accidents, which is the drivers.

It's useless to argue with a child like yourself. You do what teens do. They ignore what others say and only hear themselves. Every post I've said I understand what makes accidents happen, as has others, yet you keep coming back and saying we don't. Are you that dense that you don't understand other people also research things? That what you know others know? You couldn't find 37 typos in all of what I've said, because I rarely make them. What makes a road safety expert? Observations, and collecting data on those observations. Do you think he gets them from people telling him on a barstool? . If you think I act like all Thai drivers are born bad it's you that's ignorant. You still assume you know me, or anyone else here. You don't. You see a few words typed and automatically judge, just as you think I see 5 bad drivers and automatically judge all of Thailand. It's time for you to stop babbling on and read ALL of what a person writes before you reply. Real solutions come from having drivers obey the laws already there. Data and stats have been there all along. Laws have always been on the books. Roads are repaired although it could happen faster. Police write tickets but nowhere near the amount they should. The first thing that will make accidents reduce is attitude. To stop driving recklessly and care about others on the road, which is selfish behavior. Thailand has a drivers test, but it needs to be harder. Thailand has bad roads, but so do other countries. Thailand needs better law enforcement, but the attitude is they don't really care, because if they did, this would have reduced the amount of accidents and deaths that happen here. Thailand still is up near the top and there's that reason again. Your words............."And spare me the ‘I see more bad drivers here than back home’ routine. That’s confirmation bias 101—you expect bad driving, so you notice it more. Your anecdotal experience is not scientific proof"...............It isn't my expecting it to happen. It's happening every time I drive, and others, many others here, can attest to that. We aren't making things up. It isn't racist, a comment only a dolt would make. I've been driving longer than you ever will and more mileage, and in more countries and states. I've seen more incidents of bad driving because I'm on the road more than twice as much as the average driver, which means I observe more that's happening. I'm not near alone in these observations. If you left your house you might also see more yourself, although you probably would blame the road, the police, the infrastructure, the weather or data when a driver cuts you off without looking while driving a scooter with no helmet on, drunk, speeding and without a license.

No, I said data comes from observation. learn to comprehend, because things go right over your head and you only believe what you think and can't fathom that others are smarter than you. That's a childhood problem. Look at what other say in this post, and look up all the others about accidents here...............

It's you that obviously doesn't comprehend what others are saying and only believe your own gibberish. Other people do have knowledge on the subject, as much and more then you, but other people understand the main thing that makes accidents happen. People.

Again, for too many times to count, I DO understand the difference between scientific evidence and personal observation. What you don't understand is that it's people that make the evidence and the data on accidents. People just like me and everyone on this forum. You're too dense to understand maybe we know as much as they do. You're thinking is that because someone goes to school,for a particular subject, they automatically know more than one who reads up and researches on the same subject as a passion. What you're still missing is the real reason accidents happen. Human error, period. A good driver can drive on a wet, potholed road in the dark and never have an accident. A bad driver can drive on a straight highway in clear dry weather, with no one around him, and get into an accident. Who do you think makes up the stats, data and makes them facts? People. Just like me, and others here on the forum, not including you because you're too close minded to understand this simple logic.

What makes others a drunk fortune teller and those who collect data right? What I, and others here have been saying, is that we haven't seen five bad drivers in a day but many. Do you remember when I said I counted 37 infractions in a 30 kilo drive, in the country, on the way to the nearest big city? 37 infractions that any cop in America would have pulled his ticket book out for. NO ONE'S said the whole population suffers from incompetency in driving. We have said many do, many more than we've seen in our own countries. This is what you seem to miss. Stats have shown this is a dangerous country to drive in, and we've known this for decades, and nothing's changed. You're calling others small minded when it's you that suffers from that malady. It is the driver first that is responsible for how they drive. Tests are given, roads are maintained, weather fluctuates, police don't enforce like they should. It still boils down to who's responsible first for accidents, and that's the driver. The attitude here, which you seem to dismiss, is that they think they can drive anyway they want because what will happen, will happen anyway. No thinking of taking precautions, just letting it fly. I think you need to leave your house once in awhile, because you can't see the forest for the trees.

You are reading what I post but seem to miss what I say. Either you lack comprehension skills or are such a narcissist that you can only argue with others because it's your nature. I know exactly how traffic accidents happen. I know all about data, as well as probably most others here, and we've known since we first took our tests in high school. I'm thinking you must come from a third world country that didn't have the data available for you, so you only learned this later in life. Those of us learned it as teenagers, with driving instruction from either our parents or professionals, and in classes that we took that were comprehensive, unlike here. AGAIN, and for the last time, we all know all about the data that encompasses accidents and why they happen, and also what could be done to prevent many. STOP REPEATING YOURSELF AND READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT! I DO comprehend all of what's said here. YOU don't. I know what makes a safe vehicle, so don't assume, again, that I don't. You are completely missing my points and I already understood yours before you left puberty. Stop replying because you're like a gnat that just won't go away, but remain annoying because it's what you are. If you don't understand what I'm saying, research what comprehension means and what it takes to achieve it, because skimming only lets you talk,and you're too dense to see there's another side.